The rot set into Rottingdean when dustmen found they could not complete a large refuse collection in time.

Even though a big dustcart has been sent into the area, it fills too quickly and has to go off to the tip.

Sometimes it gets stuck in narrow lanes, causing hold ups in the village and huge traffic jams.

One answer is for people in Rottingdean to put out less refuse in their bins and recycle more.

Another is to get a central transfer station so dustmen do not have to go out all the time to tips which are many miles away.

The third solution, which the city council is carrying out next month because it is the easier to do, is obvious. Cut the size of the round.